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CVE-2016-6296

php: Heap buffer overflow vulnerability in simplestring_addn in simplestring.c

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7

CVSS 3.0

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Published · July 17, 2016

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

Integer signedness error in the simplestring_addn function in simplestring.c in xmlrpc-epi through 0.54.2, as used in PHP before 5.5.38, 5.6.x before 5.6.24, and 7.x before 7.0.9, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long first argument to the PHP xmlrpc_encode_request function.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 7
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS 2.0 · 3.7
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound